Multiple horse holder and releaser.



A. NELSON.

MULTIPLE HORSE HOLDER AND RELEASER. APPLICATION mm) MAY 21. 1911.RENEWED MAY 3|.19l8.

1,284,428., Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

ANDREW NELSON, 0F EASTLAKE, MICHIGAN.

MULTIPLE HORSE HOLDER AND RELEASER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed May 21, 1917, Serial No. 170,086. Renewed May 31,1918. Serial No. 237,622.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW NELsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Eastlake, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Multiple HorseHolders and Releasers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in multiple horse holders andreleasers and its primary object is to provide means for normallyretaining a number of animals in a series of stalls with means forsimultaneously releasing the animals in time of necessity. With theforegoing and other objects in view the invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described,pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing which forms a part of this specification and in. which- Figure 1is a fragmentary view of a stable illustrating the application of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view of Fig. 1 with the movable parts in an alteredposition.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the type of spring employed.

Like reference characters denote corre sponding parts throughout.

To the stable wall 1 I secure a plurality of brackets 2 within theseveral stalls 3 which brackets serve as bearings for the rotary rod 4which extends through the several stalls and through one end wall 5 ofthe stable and is provided with an operating handle 6 normallyretained'in engagement with a hook 7 carried by a bolt 8 that ex tendsthrough the said wall 5. Within each stall 3 a pulley 9 is fast uponsaid rod 4 and a cord 10 with one end fast to said pulley is connectedto a pin 11 which extends through the wall 12 of the feed trough andthrough a spring bracket 18 secured to the said wall 12 and through anaperture formed in the free end of a retaining bolt 14 which bolt iscarried by a bracket 15 fast to the wall 12 and which bolt, further,extends through a guide bracket 16 also secured to said wall 12 belowthe bracket 15.

The free end of the spring bracket 13 is bifurcated to form prongs 17which engage with the said bolt 14 above the pin 11 and between the saidmembers 11, 13 the hitching ring 18 provided with halter rope 19 isretained upon the said bolt 14. To release one animal at a time from anyof the stalls the halter strap is simply unhooked in the usual manner.To release all of the animals simultaneously the handle 6 is manuallvmoved out of engagement with the hook I and the rod 4 rotated by saidhandle in a direction to cause the several cords 10 to wind upon thepulleys 9 thus withdrawing the pins 11 from the bolts 14 when the springbrackets, which act normally to press the rings 18 against the said pins11, will act to force said rings off the bolts 14 thus freeing theanimals.

What is claimed is 1. In combination with a rotary rod, pulleys,apertured bolts disposed in a plane at right angles to said rod, pinsextending through the apertured portions of said bolts, cords connectingsaid pins with said pulleys, and spring brackets engaging with saidapertured bolts directly above said pins.

2. In combination with a rotary rod disposed in a horizontal plane,pulleys fast to said rod, apertured bolts disposed in a vertical plane,pins extending through the apertures in said bolts, cords connectingsaid pins and said pulleys, and spring brackets having bifurcated freeextremities normally in slidable engagement with said apertured bolts,said brackets being arranged directly above said pins.

3. In combination with a rotary rod, ver' tica-lly disposed bolts,spring brackets. slidably engaging said bolts, and means releasablyconnecting said bolts and the said rotary rod whereby said springbrackets are normally retained under tension, the connection betweensaid bolts and rods being severed upon rotation of said rod in a givendirection.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW NELSON.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. LUNDBOM, ANDREW JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "commissioner of l'atents, Washington, D. 0."

